Creamy chestnut-hued medium-bodied Scottish wee heavy brings whiskey-smoked caramel malts to sharp cola-hazelnut-walnut roasting and seductive black cherry-prune scamper. Toasted grains flatten out dried fruiting as sarsaparilla-like maple-birch sugaring rises.
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(INVERALMOND) LIA FAIL STONE OF DESTINY ALE
THREE FLOYDS ROBERT THE BRUCE SCOTTISH STYLE ALE
(ISLE OF SKYE) WEE BEAST SCOTTISH ALE
Coppery Scotch ale retains soft-watered gently-hopped mocha dryness and swooning grapefruit-orange effervescence, peculiarly countering hearty ‘wee heavy’ rep. Regardless, toasted barley prompting cloaks caramelized raisin-fig souring and earthy peat register. Beneath slight metallic finish lies shy apple-peach-pear cluster.
TROUT RIVER SCOTTISH ALE
Peculiar Scot-styled ale finds early charred wood affluence and Scotch malt waver seized by dull port wining. By thin finish, muted raisin-fig dip gives way to acrid orange-tangerine blotch and spicy cardamom splotch. On second passing, erratic fruited whiskey coarsening and sharp prune-fig pungency undermine musty peat earthiness.
LE CHEVAL BLANC LOCH NESS SCOTTISH ALE
YOUNGER’S TARTAN SPECIAL ALE
(MADISON) WILLOUGHBY’S SCOTTISH ALE
APPALACHIAN JOLLY SCOT SCOTTISH STYLE ALE
MC NEILL’S TARTAN EXPORT ALE
Mildly sweet Scotch malt-dominated nickel-hued 80 Shilling Ale with billowing fleshy head integrates rustic smooth-watered mineral grained sharpness with rising fig-date overture. Approaching grape-nut parch and dry rye tease befit herbal honey tea finish. Needs thicker texture to subjugate tinny flow.